Dear Dimples: NICOLE STRANGLED TO DEATH

NICOLE GANGUZZA

Nicole Ganguzza was a newlywed in grad school at the University of Central Florida when she was dragged off a trail and strangled to death while jogging in a park in June.

Ganguzza, 26, was close to earning her master's degree in marriage and family therapy. She was looking forward to having children of her own.

She left class on June 10 at about 5:35 p.m. Ten minutes later, she called husband Brendan Ganguzza and told him she was going jogging at Jay Blanchard Park, not far from the university's campus in Orlando, Florida.
Brendan Ganguzza became worried at about 7 p.m. when he couldn't reach his wife on her phone. He searched the park for two hours, calling police at about 9 p.m.

Police combed the brush through the evening, and the search the next day grew to 60 people. Her body was found behind the post office.

Brendan Ganguzza became a widower at 30. He is working hard to keep her memory alive